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• 188 Powers Lake Yacht Club Book 1 of 2 1973-1999

  Pages: 0-217 This booklet is composed of information provided by Pat Miller of Solid Brass Fine Antiques of Richmond from her personal collection it includes covers of the Directory and results of the races of the era, summer events and information about businesses and people of the area. It is a nice cross section of the yachting that uniquely occurs on Powers Lake while motor boating occurred on the other lakes of Western Kenosha County.
• 164 Kenosha, Racine Plat 1992

  1992 Plat book of the referenced counties by town, village showing surnames, location by page and section number, advertising of the area.
• 145 Abstracts Hartnell, McCormick, Tamarack Abstracts and Legal Documents

  Page 1 - 156 Abstract of title for the North East Quarter of Section 1 0 T1 R20E Salem commonly known as the properties belonging to Miner Hartnell at Hwy F and Hwy 50 and STH 83. Referring also to the following names: Dodge, Nichols, Noble, Jackson, Flynn, Lovet, Sherwood, Spencer, Craig, Ripley, VanAlstine, Gad, Gadd, Gregory, Cull, Bain, Stanbridge, Tarbell, Stonebraker, Bacon, Baker, Frost, Magnuson, Lange, Swartz, Jones, Laub, Udall, Burgess, Hartnell, Lamb, Rollow, Darling, Hellier, Cornwell, Beck, Christgow, Bluim, Minnis, McNulty, Brook, Hansen, Schatz, Deuel. From the Richard Hartnell Family Collection. Page 157- 161 Certified Survey for the North East Quarter of Section 14 T1 R20E Salem commonly known as part of Tamarack Trails between AH and 83rd Street. Page 162 - 234 Abstract of title for the North West Quarter of Section 14 T1 R20E Salem commonly known as the McCormick property on STH 83. Referring also to the following names: Smith, Lease, Train, Willard, Newell, Cutler, Reeve, Stow, Havens, King, Barber, Cloggin, Cogin, Canedy, Ripley, Turnock, Waukesha Hygeia Mineral Springs Company (aka Waukesha Pipe pg 176), Brook, Leach, Timme, Vogt, School District Number 5 (aka Salem Grade School), Fisher, Drury, Smith, Mitchell, Train, Willard, Tyneson, Hartnell, Robbins, Voltz, Newell, Cutler, Kenosha and Beloit Railroad Company, Kenosha Rockford and Rock Island Rail Road Company, Simmons, Dodge, Stow, Havens, Brown, Barber, Stanbridge, Benedict, Watson, Mclaren, Turnock, Brook Barlow Investment Company of Burlington, Snieding, Sanders, Quinn, Meinhardt, King, Day, Manchester, Vogt, Dunn, Weaver, McDonald, Edgar, Maynard, Slaughter, Miller, Bailey, Taylor, Tymeson, Grant, Cook, Grant, Brandes, Fuhrer, Bairstow, Griffin, Schmidt, Swenson. From the McCormack Family Collection.
• 159 Come Back in Time, Volume 1, Communities by Elaine Reetz

  Come Back in Time: Volume 1. Communities. by Elaine Reetz. This is a copy of the book that is on the shelves at the Community Library. We are concerned both by the potential loss of the book for any of a variety of reasons and by the fact that it has a substantial amount of data that is not easily searched. By the process of the digital archive, we protect the book and allow for Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
• 363 Burlington the First 150 Years 1835-1990

  Burlington 1835-1990: The First 150+ years by Burlington Historical Society. Images, history, names of those of Burlington and surrounding areas. This book was scanned in order to make it a searchable document and was scanned at the lowest DPI possible. Please refer to the Burlington Historical Society to view the booklet or to inquire about purchase.
• 434 Researching Wisconsin Community History of the State, Historical Society

  RESEARCHING Wisconsin Community History of the State Historical Society. An incomplete series of 20 articles pertaining to genealogy and historic research that were written by various historians and educators.The material was just 'too nice' to dispose of. NOTES: There will not be a paper booklet of this PDF. The documents may be relocated in the archives of the WKCHS.
• Snippets of Salem -688 - Prairie Farmers Directory Lake County Illinois

  Prairie Farmers Reliable Directory Lake County, Illinois, 1917. A directory of farmers with several different sections pertaining to land, automobile. silo, animal ownership. The researcher should use the page numbers of the printed book for citation.
• 170 Bristol Merkts Methodist Zion Pleasant Prairie Randall Twin Lakes Kenosha City 112

  Pages: 0-25 Merkts Newspaper supplement marking completion of its new 4.5 million cheese processing plant in Bristol 05-22-1983 26-27 Bristol United Methodist Church 28-29 Bristol Zion 30-34 Miscellaneous Bristol 35-36 Dear Romilda poem about Bristol 37-39 Bristol Cemetery Pioneer 1844 40-46 Kenosha City miscellaneous 47-58 Pleasant Prairie Powder Plant Explosion 03 09 1911 59-73 Randall miscellaneous including Art Epping Barn move by the Karow Family of Powers Lake Construction 01 07 1969 74-111 Twin Lakes including trail marker tree, Ice Trail, Lilly Lily Lake, History of Twin Lakes, Miscellaneous Twin Lakes Chamber of Commerce Info.
• 828 Gubser Winters Brown Dunn Family History

  Joseph Jacob Gubser and Anna Johanna Regina Gatzi Gubser compiled by Alverna Brookman Dunn, sister to Doris Brookman Brown, 1999.
• 499A VanAlstine Vanalstyne Family History 1974

  This is a prepared and typewritten history of the family.
• 130 Stockwell Scrapbook and Newsclips

  Material from Stockwell Family collection, Skiba, Cleveland Ohio and includes some Westosha Reports. Stockwell Family is concentrated on STH50 and on CTH K, Salem and Brighton.
• 171 Brass Ball Families, Cull, Paddock, Castle, Stockwell and Hartnell

  Paddock Family History Narrative; Letters toW V Cull from Daughter while on her trip aboard the SUMS ST Paul to Europe in 1904; Excerpts of the Stock well Family History by Irene Dixon Stock well; 1626 to 1962 who settled along Hwy 50 and County K and had an extensive, and still present, family in Salem; Cull Hall on the North Side of K west of HWY 75 where the above letters were in receivership! Miscellaneous Brass Ball and Paddock Lake area - Norbert Adams, Fischbach, Fishbach, Hagen, Huntoon, Schroeder, Smith Campbell, Terry, Hartnell, Groff, Miller, Young, Cook, Wilson, Brass Ball School 1938; Christ Lutheran Church, Salem Band with Charles H Curtiss Men's Clothiers Kenosha with Krahn, Cook, Schultz, Wright, Barthel, Jarnigo, Beimer, Krueger, Dean, Badtke, Smith and one unknown man. Letter to Elizabeth Castle Burgess from her friend Elizabeth Bingham of New Milford Feb 1847 as Castle left for Jacksonville (Bristol) and Salem.
• 835 Cull Scrapbook 1908

  An early (1908) scrapbook with Cull family newsclips, cards and notes tightly packed.
• 305 Bushing Clips may be duplicate

  The copies of news clips from various sources including the Burgess Hartnell scrapbook have been copied here as well as in their original location just to be sure that information is not lost.
• 827 Hell Clear Brookman Brown Dunn Family History

  This is a prepared genealogy.
• 141 Patrick Family Scrapbook Clip

  The Patrick Family farm place was at the north side of the JF and Highway C intersection in Trevor. The east lawn of their farm home stretched to the railroad tracks. The subdivision of most of the residential area of Trevor along the tracks was of part of the Patrick farm. The Bailey family was in the 'Downtown Salem' area, Depot agent, Post Master and prominent citizen.
• 154 Kenosha from Pioneer Village to Modern City 1835-1935

  By Carrie Cropley
• 503A 1835-1985 Kenosha Sesquicentennial

  Copy of the 1835-1985, 150 years of Progress in a special Kenosha News Edition of April 22, 1985, with the Messenger and the Courier of April 24, 1985.
• 088 Kenosha, from Pioneer Village to Modern City 1835-1935 by Carrie Cropley, 1958

  General history of Kenosha Village, between 1835 and 1935. It includes images which, over time, will be scanned SOS88 will be included the description of the image. There is an index but the book is filled with names and subject material that is not included in the index. And, there is an appendix covering an additional period to 1957. From the book in the WKCHS archives.
• 175 Maps throughout Western Kenosha County

  Pages: 0-16 Town Of Salem early thru the 1940s, including 1899 17 -Silver Lake 18-19 Sunset Oaks 1928 20-23 Camp Lake Gardens 1928 24 Wilmot and Fox River 1969 25 Post Office locations in western Kenosha County 26-27 Wheatland, not 1899 or 1917 but after 1850 28-38 Wheatland and Randall various maps 39-46 Brighton maps 47-49 Brighton and Salem maps (an interesting Building location map pre BONG, likely apx 1910 and shows school locations) 50 Brighton, Bristol and Salem Map undated 51 Silver Lake not 1899 or 1917 52-60 1969 apx lap maps, incomplete from Kenosha County via Solid Brass Fine Antiques of Richmond IL 62-75 Pre 1926 Plat Book of Kenosha County by W W Hixson and Co of Rockford I L 76-108 1969 apx Lake Maps Fisherman's Guide by Edward J Wavro Kenosha County Clerk showing lake depths 1 09-163 1986 Land Atlas and Plat Book for Kenosha and Racine Counties with land owners, road and street index from RSI.
• 344A Brighton School Class Rosters 1962-1992 FWB

  Contents of 344A: 1962 4 Architects plan flyer for the school addition; 1978 28 Prenumbered booklet without autographs - images; 1978 28 Prenumbered booklet with autographs and signatures - images specific to Mr Arthur Bushing by each student; 1979-80 9 Enrollment listing of students at the school; 1981 21 Class of 1981; 1983 1 0 Class of 1983; 1986 6 Menu for the school; 1988 24 Class of 1 988; Contents of 344B: 1988-89 6 Listing of Student Contacts; 1989-90 38 Class Booklet; 1989-90 7 Directory of students; 1992 53 Class Booklet.
• Wilmot Union High School 1949 Yearbook

  1949 Yearbook
• The Classic 1979

  George Nelson Tremper High School yearbook, The Classic, for the 1978 to 1979 school year.
• The Classic 1985

  George Nelson Tremper High School yearbook, The Classic, for the 1984 to 1985 school year.
• The Classic 1986

  George Nelson Tremper High School yearbook, The Classic, for the 1985 to 1986 school year.